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USC's JuJu Smith-Schuster played through leg pain against Utah

USC receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster did not feel completely sound during the Trojans' victory over previously unbeaten Utah.

The sophomore had been nursing a leg injury that bothered him during practices. Not, apparently, in games.

"Once you get going," Smith-Schuster said afterward, "you don't notice the pain. You just play through it."

Smith-Schuster caught eight passes for 134 yards and a touchdown in USC's 42-24 victory, and moved back among the national leaders in several statistical categories.

Smith-Schuster has 47 receptions for 901 yards and eight touchdowns.

He has averaged 128.7 yards receiving per game, which ranks fifth nationally.